Anthropic CEO's Statement Faces Internal Opposition: Multiple Employees Advocated for Open Weights

According to monitoring by Beating, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei issued a statement addressing the controversy over open-sourcing, stating that the company does not support a complete ban on open-weight models. He acknowledged that such models can reduce costs, promote competition, and make it easier for companies to deploy them independently. However, Anthropic remains very cautious about advanced models. Amodei argued that once model weights are made public, they cannot be retracted, and safety restrictions could also be removed. He advocated for restricting the flow of advanced chips to China, combating industrial-scale distillation, and requiring high-capability models to undergo mandatory safety testing before release. After the statement was published, Anthropic model post-training researcher Shaun publicly stated, "I disagree," and thanked other employees who joined him in advocating for open weights. Shaun did not explain the disagreements point by point. From his remarks, it appears that his opposition is not to the phrase "not a complete ban," but rather to the company's continued restrictions on open-sourcing cutting-edge models. Anthropic has yet to sign the open letter supporting open-sourcing and has never committed to open-sourcing Claude's weights. [Original Link]